Alanya Grill

You're heading down Gallowgate into the East End, past the old Victorian tenements, and you spot Alanya Grill tucked among the neighbourhood spots that actually feed people rather than Instagram them. Walk in and it's stripped-back—counter service, the smell of charcoal and spiced meat, locals queuing for their lunch. The kebabs here are the real deal: meat that's been properly grilled over flames, wrapped in warm flatbread with salad that tastes like it arrived this morning. You're not paying London prices either. This is the kind of place that's been keeping the East End fed for years, doing one thing well and not overthinking it.